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More Inside • Keep moving for energy............................p2
Ti man reflects on square dancing career
• Historical society receives grant ...............p3
Burdick addresses Adk Torch Club
• Salerno named to hall of fame...................p4
By Fred Herbst
• Hospice names new director .....................p6
TICONDEROGA — Square dancing is a fun pastime for many. For Stan Burdick, it’s been a life-long love. A square dance caller and historian, the Ticonderoga man has called more than 5,000 dances in his career. He has called dances in every state, every Canadian province and 20 countries during his 60 years in the industry. Burdick and his wife, Cathie, published a worldwide square dance magazine, “American Squaredance,” for 23 years and he served 20 years on the board of governors of Callerlab, the California-based national organization
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for square dance callers. “It’s been a great experience for me,” Burdick said of his square dance career. Burdick returned to his roots for the Northern Lake George Rotary Club Harvest Hoedown Oct. 14 at the Ticonderoga Knights of Columbus. Backed by the Marcotte Mountain Music Band, Burdick called dances at the benefit event. Burdick recently spoke to the Adirondack Torch Club in Ticonderoga. He outlined the history of square dancing and reflected on his career. Square dancing traces its roots back centuries. The
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inter is here. Bad weather could be limiting your activity level. No more nice walks in the sunshine, no more gardening or raking. There is still wood to bring in and shoveling to do, but those pleasant outdoor activities are over for many people until spring arrives. We tend to hibernate for the cold months. I used to be cold all winter long until I discovered X-Country skiing, now I enjoy winter. You don’t have to own skis to enjoy a winter walk or hike, we have many spots to park and walk or ski from in the region. If we get a nice day get out there, you’ll be surprised how much fresh air and sunshine can energize you, even though its cold. If it’s icy, bitter cold, or windy that’s still OK you can find exercise indoors. In the house you could march in place, climb your stairs, or stand and sit a dozen times in a row. After a couple weeks of it you would notice more of a spring in your step, more strength in your legs and more energy. You can sit or stand to raise and lower your arms, reach, stretch and breathe… it’s all exercise. Every little bit helps to keep you mobile. Mobility helps us maintain independence. The old saying of “move it or lose it” is very true. The less you move around, soon the less you’re able to move around. The less you move the stiffer the joints become, the less you move around the less you are soon able to move around or even want to. Movement helps to keep us active. You can find a wide variety of exercise shows on cable or buy a video tape. But if your looking for company and support from like minded friends you can find a group to exercise with. Some activities available for seniors are community exercise programs such as the RSVP osteoporosis class, school walking, and various wellness programs offered by area hospitals. These programs are free or low cost. Check with your local hospital, RSVP or Office for the Aging to find a class near you. Many area schools offer hall walking to community members. My message for this winter season is “keep moving.” Relax and enjoy a walk. Use common sense if its too cold or icy; then choose indoor activity. Keep moving, spring is just around the corner and so goes the seasonal cycle.
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Ti Historical Society receives grant Money to aid children’s program
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fred@denpubs.com TICONDEROGA — The Ticonderoga Historical Society has received some help. The group recently was awarded $1,000 from the Walmart Foundation to assist in its youth education programs. “Always challenged to enhance the interest in our museum offerings for the younger population, the Ticonderoga Historical Society focuses our children’s program on our Native American exhibit, an authentic replica of an Iroquois Longhouse replete with fire pit, sleeping platform, hides, furs, bark bowls and spices and corn hanging from the rafters,” explained June Curtis, a historical society trustee. “Our next program will be a sequel to our 2011 children’s Native American Pow Wow. Red Hawk, an Abenaki living here in our local community, will provide the second in a series of interpretive presentations, learning adventures that depict his fascinating culture intertwining history, legends, personal experiences, folklore and storytelling. Native American legends abound with morals or lessons that are colorfully folded into their plots.” The native American stories reach children, Curtis said. “Understanding that storytelling is one of our oldest art forms and knowing that educators have long subscribed to the knowledge that the arts have a direct relationship to academic success and psychological well-being, the historical society has designed the children’s programs around this valuable tool,” she said. “Folktales and legends transcend cultural barriers and pass along values and teachings through generations. “Storytelling will be the cornerstone of this educational endeavor,” Curtis said. “It is our design to excite children, exemplify the power of words, instill values and celebrate histo-
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Moriah baseball stars join hall of fame By Fred Herbst
fred@denpubs.com PORT HENRY — Pat Salerno remembers the first night baseball game ever played at Linney Field in Mineville. “It was Port Henry at Mineville (high schools); it was a big deal,” Salerno, now age 79, recalled. ”Johnny (Podres) pitched a threehitter. I had two hits and Chuck DeVito had the other. Mineville came out on top. That was a great game; there were some great players back in those days. We had some real battles.” Moriah fans witnessed some of the best baseball in the country in the late 1940s. Podres, the Mineville ace, went on to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers — winning the 1955 World Series Most Valuable Player award. Port Henry stalwarts Salerno and DeVito both played professional, minor league ball — Salerno, an outfielder, in the Dodgers system and DeVito, a catcher, with the Yankees. That bygone era was immoralized Nov. 6 when Salerno and Podres were part of the inaugural class of the newly-formed Capital District Baseball Hall of Fame. They were among 32 players enshrined at the hall of fame at Joseph Bruno Stadium in Troy, home of the New York-Penn League’s Tri-City Valley Cats. Salerno didn’t know he was to be honored at the induction ceremony. He went to see Podres inducted. “I had no idea I was going to be inducted,” Salerno said. “It’s a great honor, especially being inducted with Johnny Podres. He was a great, great player and a very good friend. It was a real surprise.” Alex Isabelle, a scout with the Brooklyn Dodgers, came to Mineville in 1950 to see Podres, a top pitching prospect. He saw Podres — and Salerno. Both were signed and began professional baseball careers. “They gave me $1,000 (signing bonus),” Salerno said. “It was a lot of money for me; it was like a million dollars. I couldn’t believe
someone would pay me to play baseball. Mickey Mantle only got $500 and he turned out to be pretty good.” Salerno played the 1952 season with Valdosta in the old Georgia-Florida League. His team won the league championship in a one-game playoff. Salerno played a key role in the win, laying down a sacrifice bunt that led to the winning run. “I still have that jersey,” he said. “I was number 7, 7 for good luck. That year I felt lucky.” Salerno was drafted after the season and spent the next two years in the Army. He returned to baseball in 1955 and played through 1957. That was the golden era for the Brooklyn Dodgers who won their only world championship behind Podres in 1955. The outfield included all stars Duke Snyder, Carl Furillo and Sandy Amoros. Snyder is a member of the baseball hall of fame. “It was really hard for me to break into the Dodger line up,” Salerno said. “I got to triple A (one level below the major leagues) in St. Paul, Minn., but that was it. I hit .300 that year (1957) and didn’t get called up. In 1958 when I didn’t get called up I packed my duffel bag and came home. I wasn’t going to make it.” He appeared in 438 professional games with 427 hits, a .262 batting average, 45 doubles, 26 triples and 24 home runs. He played with future Dodger stars Maury Wills, John Roseboro, Tommy Davis and others. He played against future major league all stars like Steve Barber of the Orioles — who served up two home runs to Salerno. “I had a great career,” Salerno said. “I wish I could have played in the majors, but I played on some great teams, met really good people and traveled all over the country. I really enjoyed baseball. I gave it 100 percent. I’m happy with my career.” Salerno came home to Port Henry and worked the next 32 years at the Grand Union. He’s worked the last 20 years at the Basin Harbor Club in Vermont.
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Pat Salerno, right, of Port Henry was part of the inaugural class of the newly-formed Capital District Baseball Hall of Fame. Congratulating him is his son, Tim. Salerno was inducted along with Witherbee native Johnny Podres. “I love working,” he said. “I’ll work as long as I can put one foot in front of the other. And, I still play golf. I’ve been a member of the Moriah Country Club for 50 years.” Podres, who died in 2008, had a spectacular career. The Witherbee native was named the 1955 World Series Most Valuable Player after winning two games, including the decisive seventh game, 2-0. He was also Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year that season. Podres ended a legendary sports drought. The Dodgers had lost the World Series to their cross-town rival Yankees five straight times. The day after the final game the New York Post published a full-page photo of the Dodger ace with the headline: PODRES! (Need We Say More?). As the story goes, Podres told his teammates to get him just one run and the Dodgers would win Game 7. They got him two, and the franchise celebrated its first and only championship while playing in Brooklyn. The celebration in Brooklyn following the World Series victory was said to be greater than at the end of World War II. Moriah celebrated,
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Crown Point fan featured in book By Fred Herbst
fred@denpubs.com CROWN POINT — Lorraine Dudley remembers her first crush. It was a horse...Trigger, the faithful steed of singing cowboy Roy Rogers. “I was always horse crazy,” said Dudley, a long-time Crown Point resident. “I always liked the old cowboy movies when I was a kid. The first thing I always noticed were the horses. I loved Trigger.” That love of Trigger eventually grew to include Rogers. Now, more than 70 years after Trigger, Rogers, and Rogers’ wife Dale Evans debuted in the movies, they are being remembered in a book. “The Touch of Roy and Dale: The Impact and Influence of Roy Rogers, the King of the Cowboys, and Dale Evans, the Queen of the West” was released Dec. 1 by author Tricia Spencer. The book includes a fan letter written to Rogers from a young Dudley. “I really don’t remember writing the letter,” Dudley said. “It was a long time ago. It doesn’t surprise me I would write a letter to Roy Rogers, I loved him, but I can’t remember it. “When they (book publisher West Quest) called me to tell me I was in the book I was very surprised,” she added. “It’s kinda exciting.” The book tells the rippling affect that Rogers and Evans had on the lives of others, told through stories from family, friends and fans. The book marks the 100th birthdays of the late stars. Rogers would have been 100 in 2011 and Evans in 2012. When Spencer acquired 40,000 pieces of fan mail from the Rogers estate more than eight years ago, she discovered fan letters, never-before-seen photos, poetry, art and songs sent to Rogers and Evans. Included was a letter from Dudley. Dudley said she was attracted to Rogers because of his horse and his goodness. “Morally he was very good person,” Dudley said. “In real life he helped a lot of people. He did a lot of good. I think that’s what really drew me to him.”
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Hospice names executive director TylaAnn Burger takes helm PORT HENRY — TylaAnn Burger has been named executive director of High Peaks Hospice & Palliative Care. “High Peaks Hospice and Palliative Care is pleased to welcome TylaAnn as its new executive director,” said Fred Oberst, hospice board president, said. “TylaAnn brings a broad array of experiences in hospice care having been a hospice clinical director as well as having established a hospice and serving as its executive director. She is also one of very few certified hospice and palliative care administrators in the United States. TylaAnn brings a wealth of knowledge about and a deep commitment to hospice, as well as compassion for our patients, staff and volunteers. “As we look forward to our next 25 years, the board of directors and staff are excited to be welcoming TylaAnn to High Peaks Hospice and Palliative Care.,” he said. After a decade in ICU and ER work, a hospice social worker told Burger that she was really a hospice nurse and she should start doing that work. She took that advice and started as a staff nurse at Hospice of Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia. Over the next 20 years, Burger developed increasing expertise in both clinical and administrative roles. In addition to her rise from a supervisor to clinical director and then executive director, she has created specialty teams, taken a senior leadership role in a 42 bed inpatient hospice facility for people with end-stage AIDS and founded a hospice designed to care for the under-served and disenfranchised communities of the inner-city.
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Senior housing to be built in Ticonderoga By Fred Herbst
fred@denpubs.com TICONDEROGA — Plans to make the former Moses Ludington Hospital a senior citizen housing complex will move forward. Liberty Affordable Housing Inc. and InterLakes Health have announced they have received funding for the $7 million project that will turn the now-vacant facility into 31 onebedroom units for low-income seniors. It will be called Moses Circle Senior Apartments. Construction is scheduled to begin in May 2012. “This is a big success story for Ti,” said Deb Malaney, Ticonderoga supervisor. “To have the old hospital reconstructed for much needed housing and to also be saving the beautiful original structure is great benefit to us.” Liberty and Ti officials began working on the project in 2006. The process included an Adirondack Park Agency map change in 2007 that made the project exempt from Adirondack Park Agency oversight. Previous funding requests had been denied. The old MLH building is owned by InterLakes Health, which owns and operates the current hospital, nursing home and adjacent Lord Howe Estates senior housing complex. The plan is for the senior apartments to be operated by CRM Rental Management, a division of Liberty, which now operates Lord Howe Estates in conjunction with Inter-Lakes
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The Retired & Senior Volunteer Program of Essex County held their annual recognition events this past fall. Volunteers with at least five hours to his/her credit were invited to ‘Recognition Receptions around Essex County’. Each volunteer received a thank you gift pack. Local officials including Office for the Aging and the nutrition program staff were on hand to thank the volunteers for their dedication and hard work. Refreshments were served.
Volunteer Opportunities: We have numerous volunteer opportunities ranging from walking dogs at the animal
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Keeseville woman turns 100 on Jan. 28 ‘She wants a bigger party for her 200th birthday’ By Katherine Clark
katherine@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — Ida Atkinson and many friends and family celebrated her 100th birthday on Jan. 28 at the Elizabethtown Hospital. After about three months at the hospital, Atkinson’s friends from the Essex/Willsboro Senior Center, who have thrown her a birthday party every year for the past 15 years, surprised her with a birthday celebration. “She was very surprised. She said, ‘I see you did it again,’” said Denis Everleft, site manager at the Essex/Willsboro Senior Center. “Then she told me she wants a bigger party for her 200th birthday.” Over 40 people attended Atkinson’s birthday party. Her friends came from the senior center and family members from around the area giving her flowers, cakes, cupcakes, and other gifts including a proclamation from Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward and Essex County on her monumental birthday. “It was a really nice party,” Ada Hutchins
said. “The Elizabethtown Hospital did a great job helping to create a great party for Ida.” Atkinson was born Jan 28, 1912 at Trout Pond, in the town of Chesterfield. She is the daughter of Orrin and Susan McCann Rumney. Everleft described Atkinson as an independent, active and charismatic woman with a great sense of humor. She worked at the Sportsman’s Diner for 19 years in Willsboro, and for the last few years, she has helped in the nutrition center at the senior center. Her nephew, Ron Bruno, said Atkinson has lived independently for her whole life and still plans to do so when she leaves the hospital in a week. “She will need some help with house and to help her with some things, but she wants to try and do it alone when she gets home,” Bruno said. Everleft said he was glad to see so many people come together for Atkinson’s party and said the number of friends she has reflects her great and warm personality. “We wish her lots of happiness and joy and hope she’ll be around another 100 years,” Everleft said.
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Crown Point native key to tunnel project Murdock helped with Lincoln Tunnel By Lawrence P. Gooley
timesofti@denpubs.com CROWN POINT — By most accounts, the Lincoln Tunnel is the world’s busiest vehicular tunnel. It actually consists of three tunnels, or tubes, and accommodates about 43 million vehicles per year, or about 120,000 per day. It was opened in 1937, 10 years after the Holland Tunnel (about three miles south) began handling traffic. And a North Country man was instrumental to the success of both tunnel systems. Charles Watson Murdock, a native of Crown Point, worked closely with some of the best engineers in American history, playing a key role in solving a problem unique to tunnels for vehicles with gasoline-powered engines. Murdock was born on Feb. 11, 1889, to Andrew and Mary Murdock. After entering the Sherman Collegiate Institute (a prep school in Moriah), he attended Middlebury College in Vermont, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree, and then RPI in Troy, graduating in 1912 as a civil engineer. Following a stint with the New York Telephone Company, he accepted a position with the Public Service Commission, 1st District, New York City in 1913. During the next several years, a pressing problem developed in Murdock’s field of work. The automobile had taken hold in America, and with the proliferation of cars in New York City, gridlock became routine. There were far too many vehicles on the road, clogging thoroughfares with major traffic jams, particularly at bridges. Ferries helped, but the wait was long. The solution of adding more bridges and more ferries carried several additional problems. After studying the issues, experts decided that tunnels were the best option.
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Plenty of tunnels had been dug in the past to accommodate trains, water pipelines, and subway systems. The advent of the automobile introduced new problems in anything but the shortest of tunnels. The gasoline engine emitted poisonous gases, primarily carbon monoxide. The problem vexing engineers was how to discharge those deadly gases from tunnels to make the air safe. No method had yet been devised to fill long tunnels (like the planned 1.6-mile Holland) with safe and breathable air. Slow traffic, stalled cars, and accidents could keep citizens within a tunnel for lengthy periods. All the while, every vehicle would be pumping poisonous gas into an enclosed space, with deadly results. From among several options, the method proposed by Clifford Holland was chosen. On his team of engineers was Charles Murdock, who was then employed by the New York State Bridge and Tunnel Commission and the New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission. (Clifford Holland died just two days before the two tunnels from east and west were joined. The project was renamed in his honor.) Several dozen structures requiring innovative and exceptional engineering skills have been called “the Eighth Wonder of the World.” Among them is the Holland Tunnel, “the world’s first mechanically ventilated underwater vehicular tunnel.” That longwinded description is very important—the Holland’s machine-powered air-handling system became the standard blueprint for automobile tunnels the world over for the
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Darius Alton Davis War hero without a weapon Silver Bay student cited by European nations By Lawrence P. Gooley
timesofti@denpubs.com SILVER BAY — In the early 1900s, woodsman Oliver Lamora of Brandon became somewhat of an Adirondack hero, earning coast-to-coast headlines with his ongoing battle against billionaire William Rockefeller. At the same time, just 20 miles north of Oliver ’s homestead, a young man began a career destined to earn him international praise as a hero of two world wars—without ever hoisting a gun to his shoulder. Darius Alton Davis was born in 1883 in Skerry and worked on the family farm about 10 miles southwest of Malone in Franklin County. The Davis family was devoutly religious, following the lead of Darius’ father, Newton, who took an active role in the local church, Sunday school, and county Bible Society. In 1903, Darius graduated from Franklin Academy in Malone. At the commencement, several students presented papers to the assembly. Darius chose as his subject David Livingstone, the legendary Scottish explorer and medical missionary. The audience heard details on Livingstone’s humble beginnings, hard work, civility and desire to help others. What young Davis was presenting, in fact, was a blueprint for his own future. Darius attended Syracuse University (1903–1907), where he studied theology and played a leadership role on campus. “Dri,” as he was known, was a top oarsman, guiding the crew team to many sensational victories, including one world-record effort that stood for five years. In 1905, he was elected president of the university’s YMCA, an event that would determine his life’s direction. Prior to graduation in 1907, Darius accepted a position as religious director for the YMCA in Washington, D.C. After marrying his college sweet-
heart, he worked three years in Washington while continuing his studies, attending four terms at the Silver Bay YMCA School on Lake George. His personality, intelligence and work ethic made Darius a very capable leader, and in 1910, the International Committee of the YMCA assigned him to establish a presence in Constantinople, Turkey. From the position of general secretary of operations, Darius built a membership of nearly 600 in the first year. In late 1912, the Balkan War broke out, and Davis assumed the organization of Red Cross aid. He also volunteered, serving for six months as an interpreter in a Turkish hospital. His selfless dedication to war victims did not go unnoticed. In appreciation, the Turkish sultan awarded him a medal, the prestigious Star of the Third Order of Medjidieh. In 1915, within a year after World War I began, Darius was assigned to work with prisoners in France and Italy, both of which were unprepared for the mounting number of captured troops. The YMCA assumed the challenge of caring for the physical, mental, social, and spiritual needs of the men held captive. The organization’s efforts were based on Christian charity, but it mattered not what one’s beliefs were: the YMCA was simply there to help anyone. Access to prison camps had been largely restricted, but Davis was a great negotiator and spokesman. Dealing with various government officials, he stressed the YMCA’s neutrality, which was a powerful argument. The French were skeptical. They had recently developed a Foyer du Soldat (Soldiers’ Fireside) program featuring a series of buildings (small to large facilities, but often referred to as “huts”) where French soldiers could go to relax, read, snack, play games, and enjoy entertainment. Sensing an opportunity, Davis offered to support and expand the program while making it available to captives as well as troops. France’s war prisoner department finally relented. They soon discovered the great value of Davis’ plan. Soldiers and prisoners alike
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were thrilled with the results, and within two years, 70 huts were established across the country. Eventually, more than 1500 were in place. In early 1917, when America entered the war, General Pershing requested that Davis provide the same program for the huge number of Allied troops destined for service in France. That meant quadrupling their efforts, which required enormous infrastructure. Undaunted, Davis led the way, and within a year, the YMCA was operating what was once described as “the world’s largest grocery chain.” At a cost of over $50 million, it included more than 40 factories for producing cookies, candies, and other supplies, plus warehouses, banks, hotels, cafes, dorms, and garages for vehicle repair. Their own construction and repair departments built and maintained the facilities. After the war, Davis was appointed the senior YMCA representative in Europe, and from that position, he organized YMCAs in several countries. In 1925, he became secretary of the National Council of Switzerland (a neutral country), and in 1931 was named associate general secretary of the World YMCA based in Geneva, a position he held as World War II began. In that capacity, he worked with the War Prisoners’ Aid program, an advancement of the work he had done with prisoners during World War I. In late October 1940, Davis completed a three-week tour of POW camps in Germany. At the time, the YMCA was already providing recreational and educational services to millions of prisoners, but sought to do more. Though many were well treated by their captors, they often lacked warm clothing, news from home, adequate food, and other daily needs. Books were one of the most desired and requested items in every camp. Many organizations (like the Red Cross) addressed that problem—the YMCA alone had distributed hundreds of thousands of books to prison camps across Europe. Their aim was to provide the essentials to prisoners held in all countries, and Darius was relentless. By January 1941, negotia-
Darius Alton Davis tions had been conducted on behalf of an estimated 3 million POWs in Australia, England, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Palestine, Rumania, Sweden and Switzerland. As the war continued, that number kept rising. In a speech he gave in mid-1942, Davis spoke of the more than 6 million war prisoners they were helping to care for. It wasn’t a perfect system, but it gave the prisoners a voice and a connection to the outside world. It also allowed independent observation of the goings-on inside many prison camps, a comforting fact to both the prisoners and their families back home. One newspaper noted, “The YMCA already is conducting welfare work among the largest number of war prisoners in the history of mankind.” After the war ended in 1945, Darius spent four years aiding refugees and citizens who had been displaced. In 1953, he was awarded the Officers Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his work with German POWs. Ten other European governments likewise honored Davis for his work on behalf of prisoners. The onetime farm boy from Skerry touched an untold number of lives. Darius Alton Davis died in 1970 at the age of 87. This story was provided by Tom Hughes, manager of the Crown Point State Historic Site.
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What comes next after retirement? Scores of people spend their working days dreaming of the moment they are eligible for retirement. They may have retirement counted down to the minutes and seconds, particularly if they've been in a job that hasn't been the most enjoyable. But many people find that once they retire they do not know what to do to fill their time. Boredom actually may be a side effect of retirement, and some people actually want to go back to work. Much of the focus when planning for retirement concerns finances. All other factors take a backseat. Therefore, there may be emotional issues that arise during retirement, and retirees are not always prepared to deal with such issues. Having a post-retirement plan in place can mean the difference between happiness and having a hard time adjusting, according to experts. Here are some tips that can help anyone ease into the golden years. * Establish goals. After working for years, the idea of setting goals can seem counterintuitive. But goals can give life direction and have you looking forward to things in the future. Goals also motivate retirees to get up in the morning now that a commute to work isn't part of the daily schedule. * Donate time or money. Giving back to
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* Try new things. Part of goal-setting is to add things to the list you've never done before, which can boost feelings of excitement. You may discover a new interest that becomes a passion. Now that you have time to explore new hobbies, they might prove more rewarding. * Meet with people. Part of what makes work fulfilling is the opportunity to get out of the house and interact with others who are not members of your family. It's easy to fall into a rut when you are not being mentally stimulated by conversation from different people. * Realize it's alright not to love retirement. Just because the grass seemed greener in
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The 10 warning signs of Alzheimer's disease Few families are fortunate enough to say they have not been impacted by Alzheimer's disease. A progressive, degenerative disease of the brain, Alzheimer's impairs thinking and memory, accounting for 50 to 80 percent of dementia cases according to the Alzheimer's Association. Though many people's experiences with Alzheimer's disease involves an elderly relative, the disease is not exclusive to the elderly. Up to 5 percent of people with the disease have early-onset Alzheimer's, which most often appears when someone is in their 40s and 50s. In 2011, 59-year-old Pat Summitt, the alltime winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and a beloved figure on the campus of the University of Tennessee, revealed that she had been diagnosed with early-onset dementia, Alzheimer's type. That announcement opened the eyes of men and women across the country, who might otherwise never have known that dementia could strike so early or to someone who seemed as healthy as Summitt, who vowed to continue coaching despite the diagnosis. Because it can strike men and women even if they aren't elderly, it's important to know these 10 warning signs of Alzheimer's, courtesy of the Alzheimer's Association and the Alzheimer Society of Canada.
Fearfulness or feelings of anxiety are changes in mood and personality that could indicate Alzheimer's disease 1. Memory loss that disrupts daily life. Memory loss is one of the most common signs of Alzheimer's. This is especially so if men and women forget things that happened very recently, which can negatively impact their daily lives. Additional signs include forgetting important dates and events; asking for the same information over and over again; or relying on memory aides such as reminder notes or even family members for things individuals could once remember on their own. 2. Difficulty planning. Some people might start to exhibit difficulty following a plan or working with numbers, be it following a recipe or paying the monthly bills. Concentration is often difficult for those exhibiting symptoms of Alzheimer's.
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Burdick from page 1 first printed guide to square dancing was published in 1651 in England, Burdick said. “We can thus conjecture that square dancing was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries, and perhaps earlier, but not recorded,” he said. The dance came to America with the earliest settlers, Burdick said, pointing out George Washington was a avid square dancer. His favorite dance was the Sir Roger deCoverly, which remains popular and his now known as the Virginia Reel. One of square dancing’s greatest advocates was Henry Ford, Burdick said. Ford held cotillions, inviting many of the nation’s elite to square dance. “In 1926 Ford published the book ‘Good Morning’,” Burdick said. “It became a best seller and contained instructions for quadrilles, lancers, squares, contras and rounds. A new revival had been born.” Following Ford’s lead, many schools began to introduce square A square dance caller and historian, Stan Burdick has dancing into physical education called more than 5,000 dances in his career. He has called dances in every state, every Canadian province and 20 classes. While attending college in 1945 countries during his 60 years in the industry. Photo by Nancy Frasier Burdick went to a square dance. The caller than night challenged the young men to “kiss her in the moonlight, if you dare...” “Well, I liked the kissing part,” Burdick said, “ and I liked the calling part.” Five years later Burdick was working at a boys camp in Rhode Island. His co-workers decided to invite a nearby Girl Scout camp to a square dance and asked Burdick to be the caller. “The dance was a disaster, but I had found my calling, so to speak,” he remembered. He also found his future wife. Cathie worked at the girls camp and met Stan for the first time at that dance. In 1953 Burdick attended a workshop in Massachusetts to learn how be a professional square dance caller. Part of the training included calling actual dances. “When I got there the same Cathie from the Girl Scout camp had come to dance with her parents, who were accomplished square dancers,” Burdick recalled. “Those days at Becket (Massachusetts) convinced me I wanted Cathie to be my life-long dance partner.” The couple was married at the YMCA Conference Center in Silver Bay two years later. That same year they started work at Silver bay calling dances. They did it for 42 years. “Cathie did the children and family programs and I called for teens and adults,” Burdick said. Over those years we entertained toddlers who came back to dance as adults, then another generation showed up and so it went.” Burdick still calls dances once a week at Silver Bay during the summer. When the couple wasn’t calling a dance, they were writing about dancing. They purchased “American Squaredance” magazine in 1968 and published it for 23 years. It reached a circulation of 23,000 readers worldwide. The Burdicks sold the magazine in 1991, but is still published today. Square dancing has taken the Burdicks around the world. The couple has danced at the U.S. Capitol in Washington and toured Europe. “One day in the summer of 1981 I was contacted by the British Association of American Square Dance Clubs,” Burdick said. “Would I come to the UK for a short time to call a few dances for them? Short time? Few dances? The trip turned into an exhausting two week loop all over the UK in September of that year, covering hundreds of miles, calling dances most every night, escorted by British dancers and callers.” Square dancing is not as popular as it once was, but Burdick believes it may be ready for a comeback. “It’s no secret that square dancing in the new century has greatly diminished,” he said. “Festivals are fewer. Many clubs have closed their doors. “However, a resurgence has come among the younger crowd,” he said. “We’ve seen it happening lately in full halls over the middle New York area. A new generation is involved. Is it a throwback from an earlier exuberant time? Does history repeat itself?”
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